Wednesday, December 17, 2008
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Help Me Raise Money for Crohn's and Colitis Research!
- I am participating in the CCFA-sponsored Team Challenge, a training program to complete the ING Miami Half Marathon in January. Please click here to see my fundraising page and make a donation. Each member of Team Challenge is responsible for raising $3,900, so I need your help! Thanks!
About Me
- Alicia
- I'll solve, Pat. "No rectal pain, no gain!" I'm a 26 year old with Crohn's Disease and no desire to keep quiet about it. If you'd like to tell me about your rectal pain, or if you have questions, you can email me: buyabowel (at) gmail dot com. I am not a doctor, I don't even play one on TV. You can ask me anything you want about my experiences with Crohn's, but any other questions should be directed to your physician.
A not-so recent glamour shot
Glossary
- B.C.: (abbv.) Before Crohn's, life without a diagnosis.
- Big D: (noun) diarrhea. Also, city of Dallas. Sorry, Dallas.
- Crohn's: (noun) stylish inflammatory bowel disease. Also can be used as an adjective, i.e. "I'm feeling Crohn's-y today."
- IBD: (abbv.) Inflammatory Bowel Disease, a handy unmbrella term for Crohn's and ulcerative colitis, so you can reduce the number of times you say the disturbing words "Inflammatory," "Bowel," and "Disease."
- Team Alicia: (noun) my family, friends, doctors, people who give up their seat on the subway for me, and the folks who run Cheezburger, Cute Overload, and most especially Itty Bitty Kitty Committee.
- UC: (noun) ulcerative colitis, inflammation of the colon OR possession of the colon by Satan.
- Click here for an overview of Crohn's disease from the New York Times, including articles, diagrams, and interactive features
Labels
- Books (1)
- Chronic Pain (3)
- Colonoscopy (2)
- Diagnosis (1)
- Diet (5)
- Doctors (1)
- Education (3)
- Friends (5)
- Fun Fact (6)
- Goals (1)
- Hospitals (2)
- How to Be Sick (2)
- How to Encourage a Chronically Ill Person (4)
- Medication (3)
- News (2)
- Recovery (7)
- Surgery (8)
- Team Challenge (3)
- The 'Chronic' in Chronic Illness (2)
- Toilet Humor (12)
- What Not to Say (or Do) to a Chronically Ill Person (4)
- Where I Complain and You Listen (2)
Blog Archive
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December
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- My Year in Pictures
- Does This Mean I'll Make Quidditch Team Captain, T...
- No Problem, I Brought My Own Sandwich and Salad Ba...
- Cover Your Right Eye and Read From the Left: P-R-E...
- I Identify with Satchel in More Ways Than One
- Cross Country Kitty Crusade
- Seven Random Things
- The International Sign for "I Have a Bad Case of D...
- Little Miss Maddie Bouvier
- What TO Say to a Chronically Ill Person, a Play By...
- My Near-Death Hugging Experience
- Crohn's or Deadly Poison?
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November
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- "Living with Chronic Pain" Was Almost an Oxymoron
- The State of My Abdomen Address
- Bowel Disorders Have Obviously Never Discriminated...
- Let Me Know When You're Done Cleaning My Teeth and...
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease of the Stars!
- Thinking Bloggers
- The Joy of Prednisone
- I Don't Want to Sound Ungrateful...
- Small Bowel Surgery for Smart People Who've Just N...
- The Romance of Regularity
- Super Colon!
- So You've Been Admitted. How to Stay Sane?
- Surgery Schmurgery
- 24 Hour Crohn's
- I Vant to Take Your Blood Pressure
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December
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Other Sick Folks
- A Chronic Dose
- Bright Side of Crohn's
- But You Don't Look Sick
- Chronic Babe
- Chronic Town
- Chronically Me
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
- Farty Girl
- IBD Sucks!
- In Sickness and In Health
- Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week
- Keep Working, Girlfriend
- My Pink Button (Life with an Ostomy)
- POTS...and Not the Good Kind
- Professional Patient
- Sick Girl Speaks
- Sophia.and.org (Super Toxic Megacolon is not a rock band)
- The Assertive Cancer Patient
- The Daily Headache
- The Sakurako Chronicles
Read These Books, Then Drop Some Knowledge
- Aftershock: What to Do When the Doctor Gives You--Or Someone You Love--a Devastating Diagnosis
- Coping with Crohn's Disease
- Coping with Prednisone
- Learning Sickness: A Year with Crohn's Disease
- Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties
- Living Well with a Hidden Disability: Transcending Doubt and Shame and Reclaiming Your Life
- Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Chronic Illness
- Straight From the Gut: Living with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
- Surviving Your Spouse's Chronic Illness
- The First Year: Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
- The Worst of Evils: The Fight Against Pain
- What to Eat with IBD
Pain Management
Co-Captains of Team Alicia
Maddie and Sophie: The Itty Bitty Tortie Committee
I read Jane Eyre in its entirety while on the toilet. What's your favorite bathroom reading material?
Current Favorite Thing
Tony Wants Me to Leave This Up Forever
2 flushes:
Oh, that's just perfect. Sadly. *laughs*
LOL. This fits so many people I know.
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